Photograph from the Crofton Collection: 'Public works including the Manora Breakwater and the River Son canal system' taken in 1873. The Dhodand Quarries, Bihar were exploited for Kaimur sandstone, a very durable building material. The sandstone occurs in escarpments that overlook the Son River and cliffs along the Ganges. It was quarried at Dhodand before being conveyed by railway to Dehri to be utilised in works connected with the Son Canals in the 1870s.

hotograph of Hindu and Buddhist sculptures carved in niches on massive boulders at the foot of the Kauwa Dol Hill, Gaya District, taken by Joseph David Beglar in the 1870s. In their report of tours of 1880-81, Alexander Cunningham wrote, "Kauwa-dol, or the 'Crow's Rocking Stone', is the name of a tall perpendicular rock on the top of a bluff granite peak about 500 feet high...Kauwa-dol has been identified by Mr. Beglar.

Photograph from the Crofton Collection: 'Public works including the Manora Breakwater and the River Son canal system' taken in 1873. The Grand Trunk Road passed through Shahabad from south-east to north-west and was constructed between 1861 and 1862. Construction of the bridge took place as part of the Son Canal system works, an irrigation project to combat famine in an area dependent upon agriculture. Initiated by Colonel C.H. Dickens in 1853

This view of the tomb of Sher Shah Suri and its surroundings at Sasaram was taken by J D Beglar in the 1870s for the Archaeological Survey of India. It predates the extensive restoration project of the mausoleum undertaken by Beglar in 1882-83. On FacebookView on BlackBig Picture